‘Dance Moms’ star charged with hiding incomePITTSBURGH — “Dance Moms” star Abby Lee Miller has been charged with hiding $775,000 worth of income from the Lifetime network reality show and spinoff projects during her Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The investigation began when a channel-surfing bankruptcy judge saw Miller on TV in December 2012 and figured she had to be making more than the $8,899 in monthly income she was claiming, according to the 20-count bankruptcy fraud indictment announced ...

Oregon shootingOfficers respond to a shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., Oct. 1. Despite a federal law requiring them to have detailed emergency plans, colleges and universities across the country vary widely in how they prepare for campus shootings and inform their staff and students.

Inmate’s execution put on holdLITTLE ROCK — One of the upcoming executions of eight death row inmates halted by an Arkansas judge on Friday was convicted of killing a Russellville man 22 years ago in Little Rock. Terrick Nooner, 43, had his execution set for Nov. 3 by Gov. Asa Hutchinson last month. Nooner was sentenced to death after his conviction in the murder of Scot Stobaugh, 22, who lived in Little Rock and was a student at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. Noo...

Steve-O of 'Jackass' gets 30 days in jail for SeaWorld stuntLOS ANGELES — “Jackass” star Steve-O was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for climbing at least 100 feet up a crane in Hollywood in a protest against SeaWorld that drew dozens of emergency responders. Steve-O, whose real name is Stephen Glover, received the sentence after pleading no contest to misdemeanor trespassing and illegal use of fireworks, Los Angeles City Attorney’s spokesman Frank Mateljan said. Glover said in a statement the s...

L.A. judge refuses to dismiss woman’s suit against CosbySANTA MONICA, Calif. — A judge on Wednesday refused to throw out a lawsuit filed by a woman who accuses Bill Cosby of molesting her when she was 15, saying the comedian can still receive a fair trial despite procedural errors. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan’s ruling came over the objections of Cosby’s attorneys, who sought to dismiss Judy Huth’s case because her previous attorney violated rules for how older sex-abuse cases shou...

Connecticut university student arrested over mac and cheese STORRS, Conn. — A University of Connecticut student faces criminal charges over a confrontation with a campus food court manager who wouldn't let him buy macaroni and cheese with bacon and jalapeno peppers. A 9-minute, obscenity-laced video clip posted online shows freshman Luke Gatti arguing with and eventually shoving the manager inside the university's student union in Storrs on Sunday night. Police and the manager said Gatti had been refus...

Woman found inside portable toilet gets arrested on warrants EUGENE, Ore. — A woman wanted on identity theft charges has been arrested in Oregon after a construction worker lifted the lid of a portable toilet to find her hiding inside. The Register-Guard reports (http://goo.gl/ZuT2dO ) that 27-year-old Treasure Dawn Shockey, who had two warrants for her arrest, ran when police in Eugene tried to talk to her Saturday. Police say a witness told them she saw the woman run through her yard and climb a fence...

Man says son didn’t have drug accessoryLITTLE ROCK — The father of a Dover man who alleges officers used excessive force in a 2011 arrest says he told police what they thought was drug paraphernalia in his son’s possession was actually an auto body shop air blower. Ron Robinson testified during a trial Wednesday that he heard his wife Eva Robinson yelling after she had gone out to walk their dog with their son. Robinson said when he got outside, he saw his then 16-year-old son, Mat...

Arsonist hurled object to ignite fire at Planned Parenthood siteTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — A small fire that damaged a Planned Parenthood facility in Southern California apparently was ignited when someone tossed a container with a flammable liquid through a window, authorities said. Crews reported the smell of gasoline at the scene of the arson late Wednesday in Thousand Oaks, said Ventura County Fire Capt. Mike Lindbery. Nobody was inside the building when the flames broke out. Surveillance cameras recorded...

Dover man says stun gun caused injuries in arrestLITTLE ROCK — A 20-year-old Dover man alleging two officers used excessive force against him and his mother denied the injuries he claims he suffered in the 2011 encounter were pre-existing. As testimony in the federal case began this week, Matthew Robinson denied being uncooperative and resisting arrest when police questioned him and his mother, Eva Robinson. The family’s lawsuit contends that part-time Dover Marshals officer Steven Payton in...

Oklahoma governor delays executionMcALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin postponed at the last minute Wednesday the execution of an inmate who claims he’s innocent, after prison officials said one of the three drugs they had received to carry out the lethal injection didn’t match state guidelines. Fallin said prison officials received potassium acetate for use in Richard Glossip’s execution, but Oklahoma’s protocols call for the use of potassium chloride. She reset the e...

Talkington pleads guilty, gets 30 yearsCLARKSVILLE — A 26-year old man whose first-degree murder trial was set to begin Tuesday morning pleaded guilty instead and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. David Gibbons, Fifth Judicial District prosecutor attorney, said Wednesday that Nathaniel Talkington pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 30 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) with an additional 10 years suspended. He must also pay a jury fine s...

Murder trial to begin TuesdayCLARKSVILLE — The first-degree murder trial of a 26-year-old man accused of killing his cousin will begin with jury selection this morning inside the Johnson County Courthouse. David Gibbons, Fifth Judicial District prosecutor attorney, said the trial of Nathaniel Talkington, 26, was previously set to begin in April, but was continued on the request of defense attorney John Burnett. Talkington was charged with first-degree murder in connection...